Shred your cabbage and salt liberally. Toss cabbage with your fingers, being careful not to bruise it. Allow to sit for a while and then drain any liquid from this periodically.

Slice your onions paper thin, and put in some oil to fry. Get them just golden and toss into the cabbage, oil and all. Toss well. Squeeze one large lemon and use the juice as your dressing. Toss and taste, add salt or lemon juice to taste.

Edit: Best to salt the cabbage in the morning or early afternoon and let it sit. Drain any liquid that accumulates. Also, you can use one regular sized onion instead of the mini ones. Works just as well IMO.

*there have been things added to this like tomatoes, radishes, green onions, cucumber but the best way is just plain.

Shred your cabbage and salt liberally. Toss cabbage with your fingers, being careful not to bruise it. Allow to sit for a while and then drain any liquid from this periodically.

Slice your onions paper thin, and put in some oil to fry. Get them just golden and toss into the cabbage, oil and all. Toss well. Squeeze one large lemon and use the juice as your dressing. Toss and taste, add salt or lemon juice to taste.

Edit: Best to salt the cabbage in the morning or early afternoon and let it sit. Drain any liquid that accumulates. Also, you can use one regular sized onion instead of the mini ones. Works just as well IMO.

*there have been things added to this like tomatoes, radishes, green onions, cucumber but the best way is just plain.

I wonder how this recipe would be if you chopped some bacon, saute that (with the onions), then add the whole thing to the slaw.

(Pardon me if I'm just thinking outside of the box.)

Greg, it would be gross. My Dad (Joe) experimented with many MANY variations of this basic theme and the answer is, "if it aint broke don't fix it". This balances sweet and sour perfectly if you do the onions right. The balance is delicate and adding or subtracting things just make it...less.

Having said that, feel free to experiment yourself and let us know what you think. I know I'm not going to change things a bit. I've even stopped using the bottled lemon juice and gone back to using a lemon, it DOES make a difference and we can all taste it.

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